This is a tips, and strategy book. It has level by level tips for 24 Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) games. Each of these has a 'Introduction' to the game, a description of the 'Gameplay', tips, strategies, and sometimes passwords. The second part of the book has 36 entries for mini tips, cheat codes, and passwords, however 13 of these entries refer the reader to earlier pages in the book, where these type of tips were already mention for that game. Each of the games in the first part of the book has gray-scale screenshoots. This is J. Douglas Arnold's first full length book, pre-dating his 'Gaming Mastery Series' and 'Survival Guide' series for Sandwich Islands Publishing.

Compute! Nintendo books in this series;

• Compute's Nintendo Tips & Tricks. 087455246X
  
• Compute!'s Guide to Nintendo Games. ISBN: 0874552214
  
• Compute!'s Nintendo Secrets. ISBN: 0874552346
  
• The Big Book of Nintendo Games. ISBN: 0874552486
  
• Compute!'s Nintendo Adventure Games. ISBN: 0874552435
  
• The Official Guide to Mega Man. ISBN: 0874552419
  
• Conquering Super Mario Bros., and {Conquering Super Mario Bros. Adventures} ISBN: 0874552427, and 0874552656
  
• Conquering Zelda, and {Conquering Zelda Adventures} ISBN: 0874552397, and 0874552702
  
• Castlevania: The Official Hint Book. ISBN: 0874552613
  
• Compute's Guide to Super NES Games. ISBN: 0874552494